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Clock on 8125 in military time?

OK i have my 8125 bout a week now and so far ive updated the rom to summiter's custom cingular rom, and all is well with that. Last nite i installed resco file explorer and memmaid. i also did the omapclock tweak and all is well there too, but i noticed that now my clock on the today screen is in military time. (24hrs instead of 12hrs) Can someone tell me how to fix this so it tells regular time again...

shady79 said:
OK i have my 8125 bout a week now and so far ive updated the rom to summiter's custom cingular rom, and all is well with that. Last nite i installed resco file explorer and memmaid. i also did the omapclock tweak and all is well there too, but i noticed that now my clock on the today screen is in military time. (24hrs instead of 12hrs) Can someone tell me how to fix this so it tells regular time again...
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One of the customization cab files should have set it to display 12 hour time, but something must have changed it.
You can set it to your desired format in the "Regional Settings" section of the system settings.

Thanks
Thanks Summiter,
Damn is there anything you dont know? Also thanks for the quick response. Ive been looking all day to try to fix the damn clock. Regional settings didnt even come to mind

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shady79 said:
Thanks Summiter,
Damn is there anything you dont know? Also thanks for the quick response. Ive been looking all day to try to fix the damn clock. Regional settings didnt even come to mind
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I know just enough to be dangerous at times. ;-)

I know this post is 6 months behind the reply from summiter, but I've just encountered the same change to my clock on my 8125 to military time. Over this past couple of weeks (10/16/06), I upgraded to ROM version 2.26.10.2 WWE. Everything was fine for a while, then all of a sudden this afternoon, 12-hour time changed over to 24-hour (military) time. My clock and calendar are now in military time and I just don't think that way and need it back.
I haven't added any software recently, so I have no earthly idea what caused this to change. I went to Regional Settings and have the settings on "H:mm:ss", which I assumed was the 12-hour setting. But te sample shows military time for both "H:mm:ss" and "HH.mm.ss".
Please help as I liked this ROM version until this occurred. I'd rather not have to go to another ROM just yet.
Thanks,
Keith

kahibbi said:
I know this post is 6 months behind the reply from summiter, but I've just encountered the same change to my clock on my 8125 to military time. Over this past couple of weeks (10/16/06), I upgraded to ROM version 2.26.10.2 WWE. Everything was fine for a while, then all of a sudden this afternoon, 12-hour time changed over to 24-hour (military) time. My clock and calendar are now in military time and I just don't think that way and need it back.
I haven't added any software recently, so I have no earthly idea what caused this to change. I went to Regional Settings and have the settings on "H:mm:ss", which I assumed was the 12-hour setting. But te sample shows military time for both "H:mm:ss" and "HH.mm.ss".
Please help as I liked this ROM version until this occurred. I'd rather not have to go to another ROM just yet.
Thanks,
Keith
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You're close. Scroll up and make it h.mm.ss (or hh.mm.ss if you like 2 digit time, for instance 09:21)

Dr Puttingham said:
You're close. Scroll up and make it h.mm.ss (or hh.mm.ss if you like 2 digit time, for instance 09:21)
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The difference here is the H:
H is military time 24 Hours, H = 1 digit, HH = 2 digits
h is normal time, , h = 1 digit, hh = 2 digits

kahibbi said:
I went to Regional Settings and have the settings on "H:mm:ss", which I assumed was the 12-hour setting.
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In case you are still on Military time, I believe the answer is that you want the formats with "tt" on the end. That should add "AM" & "PM".

ntegra said:
In case you are still on Military time, I believe the answer is that you want the formats with "tt" on the end. That should add "AM" & "PM".
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But when I change the Regional Setting to Hong Kong (my home region), the tt format doesn't show up any more! It shows up if Regional is USA. Is there a brute force approach to add it back in?
Thanks.
Michael

I've GOTTA ask. Can't find this anywhere... Clock format, 12 / 24 hour... HELP!!!!!!!

Question for you. How the HELL do you get 12 hour instead of 24 on the damn clock? When i first booted this up from new it had it but then the ****ty Orange customisation seemed to kill it and put it on 24 format which i do not like one bit. Any suggestions or tips? Shout back, reply, Private Message me... whatever!!!
Steve

Easy,
Settings ~> System ~> Regional Settings
There's a Time tab where you can pick from a list what format you want.

fb401 said:
Easy,
Settings ~> System ~> Regional Settings
There's a Time tab where you can pick from a list what format you want.
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The settings are capital H's (ie HH:mm) for 24hour time, or lower case for the am/pm time.

ssschmidt said:
The settings are capital H's (ie HH:mm) for 24hour time, or lower case for the am/pm time.
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Well done those men! You win... errmmm, my thanks and respect cus i'm skint i'm afraid! Sorry but no beers on offer!!! LOL
Cheers folks. Who knows, someone else may need this one somewhere down the line eh
Steve

Ottawa in wrong timezone

I've added Ottawa (that's the capital of Canada ) to the World Clock but the time it displays is 2 hours early .. it appears to be in the wrong timezone !

peacocb said:
I've added Ottawa (that's the capital of Canada ) to the World Clock but the time it displays is 2 hours early .. it appears to be in the wrong timezone !
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Try to download the following file, and replace it with the copy in windows folder.
http://www.homeserver.com.my/download/wm/snake/collections/2330fc3c_manila.rar

i tried this with no success. it is still showing Ottawa as 2 hours behind.
peacocb: did this work for you?
thanks

mdot01 said:
i tried this with no success. it is still showing Ottawa as 2 hours behind.
peacocb: did this work for you?
thanks
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wat will be the ottawa time in the following situation:
London (GMT+0) 00:00 Hrs
Ottawa (GMT-6) ??:??
is Toronto time correct?
when is the daylight saving changing? the date plz, so i can try to find the problem.

mdot01 said:
i tried this with no success. it is still showing Ottawa as 2 hours behind.
peacocb: did this work for you?
thanks
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I had fix the time-zone for Ottawa, Canada. Tested. Please download the following link and replace the file in Windows folder, restart your PDA, it should show the correct time.
Let me know the result.
http://www.homeserver.com.my/download/wm/snake/collections/2330fc3c_manila.rar

excellent. it is now correct. thank you very much

shawchyn said:
I had fix the time-zone for Ottawa, Canada. Tested. Please download the following link and replace the file in Windows folder, restart your PDA, it should show the correct time.
Let me know the result.
http://www.homeserver.com.my/download/wm/snake/collections/2330fc3c_manila.rar
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This is interesting. In looking at the fix, I could see that the timezone was changed from 360 to 300. I expect that 300 refers to 300 minutes (5 hours) less than GMT. My checks show that Ottowa's standard time is -5 GMT but it is currently on Daylight Savings time from March 8th, making the current time -4 GMT. How is this reflected in the manilla file?
I too have found that my city Port of Spain in Trinidad shows the incorrect time but from my review of the database, the Timezone shows 240, which is -4 GMT, which is correct, yet the time shown is wrong. Port of Spain does not use Daylight Savings time so what is needed to correct it.

hinds said:
This is interesting. In looking at the fix, I could see that the timezone was changed from 360 to 300. I expect that 300 refers to 300 minutes (5 hours) less than GMT. My checks show that Ottowa's standard time is -5 GMT but it is currently on Daylight Savings time from March 8th, making the current time -4 GMT. How is this reflected in the manilla file?
I too have found that my city Port of Spain in Trinidad shows the incorrect time but from my review of the database, the Timezone shows 240, which is -4 GMT, which is correct, yet the time shown is wrong. Port of Spain does not use Daylight Savings time so what is needed to correct it.
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There are also a link in the database point to windows mobile time-zone setting, that is called MSID. This is also affected the time zone showing in the manila.
Basically, the MS database was correct, but the Manila some how is wrong, as you notice, the interesting part is the "minutes" that "add/minus" in the database was not always same as the "GMT +/-". What we can do is make it run for the meantime until HTC fix it.

shawchyn said:
There are also a link in the database point to windows mobile time-zone setting, that is called MSID. This is also affected the time zone showing in the manila.
Basically, the MS database was correct, but the Manila some how is wrong, as you notice, the interesting part is the "minutes" that "add/minus" in the database was not always same as the "GMT +/-". What we can do is make it run for the meantime until HTC fix it.
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I changed Port of Spain's MSID from 50 to 55 and I got the correct time. I copied the MSID from Bridgetown, Barbados which carries the same time and which was correct. If this is correct, perhaps you can update your database to reflect this change.

hey Peacocb, where did you get your phone and what carrier are you using. I'm thinking of getting this phone over the TP2 as I don't need the keyboard.
Thanks

[Q] WM7 Calendar Question...

I find the WM7 calendar to be the worst feature of the phone. No Week view, no colour organising, no config settings etc etc
But what's really bugging me is the default time slots when you add an appointment. I run a rehearsal studio and the majority of the appointments I book are 3 or 4 hours.
The calendars defaults go 0mins, 30mins, 1hr, 90mins, 2hr, All day.
Does anyone know if these defaults can be changed to something that is more useful to me. I've looked in the registry but not really sure what I should be looking for.
And how come there are no alternative calendars on Marketplace??

You don't get a straight up week view, but scrolling up or down to jump days is simple and quick. Or, just pop to the month view and tap the day you want. That's also fast.
For a new appointment, the last option is Custom, and will allow any time frame you choose.
No answers for your other issues. Maybe these coming updates will alter some calendar features and functions.

Thanks but that doesn't really help at all...
Firstly no Days when scrolling, just dates. Clients always ask for "next thursday" or "sunday evening" etc. I have to work out of look up what the date would be then
Secondly the custom option, you need to enter the end time in manually. its just a pain when you have to enter somthing like 18:30.
Copy and paste would solve 50% of the issues as a lot of clients can just be copied and pasted to their new date.
Other than this issue, I actually really like the phone.

Yes, you get days and dates when scrolling. If I tap my calendar tile, which takes me to Today, scroll up (for force the calendar down), it shows, right at the top, Friday, March 04, 2011.
If you dont know the date for the thursday after next, just tap the Month button at the bottom. BAM, Thursday after next is the 17th.
Copy and Paste will arrive shortly, though I doubt very much it will alleviate the issues you state.

on mine, the top of the calendar just displays "04 MARCH 2011" whether I'm in agenda view or day view. No day.
copy and paste would help as with most clients I just copy their 7-10pm slot and paste it to next week 7pm... in theory!
On WM6.5 I used "agenda one" and it did everything I needed. I find it odd that there is not a single replacement calendar available on marketplace.

What is this "WM7" of which you speak?

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on mine, the top of the calendar just displays "04 MARCH 2011" whether I'm in agenda view or day view. No day.
copy and paste would help as with most clients I just copy their 7-10pm slot and paste it to next week 7pm... in theory!
On WM6.5 I used "agenda one" and it did everything I needed. I find it odd that there is not a single replacement calendar available on marketplace.
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That's strange. My calender also shows the day as well as the date at the top of the screen.

JamesDax said:
That's strange. My calender also shows the day as well as the date at the top of the screen.
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Does anyone know if there is a setting for this??

My HD7 doesnt show a day either. Odd that it is different for different people.

I have to agree with the OP. The calendar is truly awful. I too do not have days listed in agenda or day view, only the date ! I seem to recall seeing in a early preview video of WP7 in the monthly view it showed colour bars on the days to indicate which entry belonged to different calendars. But mine doesn't do this, and it would be nice if it did. It would allow me to differentiate between work and personal appointments etc. whilst in monthly view which is what I use the most for a "glance and go" experience.
My solution, to continue carrying my TP2, and continue using Pocket Informant, IMHO, the best calendar available. Until WP7 allows the option to colour code days, support categories, allows multiple icons on a day, in monthly view, then I don't see any other option.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not dissing WP7, I love my HD7, but I always knew version 1 would be lacking in functionality, and I'm a heavy calender user, often with 10 plus appointments a day, in multiple categories, so WP7 just doesn't cut in at the moment, which is my only real gripe at present.

Settings --> Region and Language --> Long Date

Garrickus said:
I seem to recall seeing in a early preview video of WP7 in the monthly view it showed colour bars on the days to indicate which entry belonged to different calendars.
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Mine does this (Windows Live is blue, Outlook is Red)

Scratch that... wow... the monthly view USED to, I swear. Maybe because I disabled the Live calendar for a time... hmmm

Colours in the Calendar are used to distinguish between the calendars of different accounts, you cannot assign colours to events without putting the event into the appropriate account.
For instance, the calendar in Windows Live might be purple, and the one from Google Mail might be red. Your event will either be purple or red depending on whether it resides in the Windows Live calendar or the Google one.
Changing the Long date in the Regional settings does not give you the weekday in the Calendar app.

Odd, maybe the date thing is a US v. Euro issue?

jimbonics said:
Settings --> Region and Language --> Long Date
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Change display language to US and then the date can include the day.

The Jones said:
Change display language to US and then the date can include the day.
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Thanks. I can confirm that works.
Are there any other effects of changing the display language from Uk to US ?
I'd still like to find out about displaying a coloured bar on individual days within the monthly view denoting which calendar the entries belong too. I'm sure I saw this feature in a video preview ???

The Jones said:
Change display language to US and then the date can include the day.
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Yes, this certainly works. It is a long-standing problem with MS Phones; the old Windows-Mobile suffered from the same problem, but at least it was possible to tweak the registry to fix it.
For some reason, Microsoft seems to believe that Europeans do not use the day-name in their calendars. . I wish there was some way of telling them that they are wrong

Garrickus said:
Thanks. I can confirm that works.
Are there any other effects of changing the display language from Uk to US ?
I'd still like to find out about displaying a coloured bar on individual days within the monthly view denoting which calendar the entries belong too. I'm sure I saw this feature in a video preview ???
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I haven't come across any weird things. There are 12/24 hour settings somewhere which I changed to 24 hour as well as tweaking the short and long date display to be as I want them. Quite happy with that all now.

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3B Meteo
Marketplace description:
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Homemade video:
(application is available in english and italian, video was made using italian locale)

Hi, I got some feedback about colours legibility, so I've added a poll about it.
My idea was to colour code data, in order to avoid repeating labels.
Even if you don't want to install it, I would be grateful if browsing the video you could leave a feedback here. Thanks

Hi again,
we are in the process of adding more locations worldwide. We would like to get (if possible) feedback if you are finding your particular location or at least a close one. Next update will geolocate you and find close locations.

Live Tiles
Hi again. I get quite a bit of feedback, both in comments and via email, about the absolute _imperial_ need of a live tile, without which no application should be published !
Just to make things clear: the live tile is coming, but there are a few more important sections and improvements that should be taken care of. Moreover, there is a good reason why it takes a bit to implement and why people are reticent to do so: it just doesn't work reliably yet. It has been clear now for some months, that push notifications in the current form have met the obstacle of carriers network management and while the issue is being worked on and improved, they're still not very reliable. Basically the network operator doesn't want to keep the connection open for push notifications too much and on the other side the ms protocol is failing to 'force' the network to comply.
Some more informations here: http://windowsteamblog.com/windows_phone/b/wpdev/archive/2011/02/17/push-notification-status.aspx
Again, the live tile is coming, it has been working almost ok for a month on my test unit. But really, while impressive and cool, there are more useful updates to provide first.

Hi, this application is quite complete regarding forecasts. Are you planning to include webcams at some point ?

Yep, webcams are planned for the future updates, not in the upcoming one, though, maybe the one afterwards
The problem in implementing them is that you can't just link random webcams on the web, you have to get a list with permissions given from the owners

Updated today with GPS location, autorefresh, news feeds and some other stuff.
Coming up: webcams

Nice look. Needs °F option, zoom for maps, scalable text. Would consider buying no-ad version.

piaqt said:
Nice look. Needs °F option, zoom for maps, scalable text. Would consider buying no-ad version.
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Thanks a ton. You're right about farenheit degrees, considering I've already implemented english language.
Zoom for maps was implemented at the start, then the fact that it wouldn't work very well with the swipe gesture and the relatively readability of the maps made me remove it. Do you think they need zooming because you can't read them well enough ?
Scalable text in which section ?
No-ad was an idea from the start, however we're considering releasing every future feature (live tile, etc) for free anyway.
Thanks for the feedback

I HTC HD2 (with WM 6.5) and although I have a couple of meteo apps.installed
I would like to try yours, which indeed seems very atractive.
Any chance and, if yes, how to do it ??

I installed it today... very nice graphs! the only thing I still need to do is to see if the forecast is indeed right... if it is, and when the live tile comes on, I may even cancel my daily e-mail forecast from my preferred forecaster

banvetor said:
I installed it today... very nice graphs! the only thing I still need to do is to see if the forecast is indeed right... if it is, and when the live tile comes on, I may even cancel my daily e-mail forecast from my preferred forecaster
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hehe thanks good to know. I'm obviously very unrelated to those that provide the forecast itself, but in the weeks I've tried it, it seems to me it works even better than the other more famous italian provider (more famous for consumer-level, actually this is a lot more business-level).
Try to avoid updating the forecast for 24/48 hours and see if the 'now' detail is correct !

jcamposlisgolfe said:
I HTC HD2 (with WM 6.5) and although I have a couple of meteo apps.installed
I would like to try yours, which indeed seems very atractive.
Any chance and, if yes, how to do it ??
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To the best of my knowledge there is no way to use wp7 apps on winmo... you would have to install wp7 !

If you want I could do the German localization for you.
I like your app and it will replace Weather Duck asap when the live tiles are ready ;-)
If you want me to do it just DM me your mail or ping me on Twitter: @cyruss1989

Cyruss89 said:
If you want I could do the German localization for you.
I like your app and it will replace Weather Duck asap when the live tiles are ready ;-)
If you want me to do it just DM me your mail or ping me on Twitter: @cyruss1989
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Thanks ! that would be cool and I just might contact you as soon as the next update resource files are done. On the other hand, my girlfriend is german, I hope she won't be jealous hehehe
Seriously though, I'd rather send you the resource files to translate when they are 'complete' so that you don't have to do that twice, even if they would have to be updated now and then.
Again, thanks for the offer

Cyruss89 said:
If you want I could do the German localization for you.
I like your app and it will replace Weather Duck asap when the live tiles are ready ;-)
If you want me to do it just DM me your mail or ping me on Twitter: @cyruss1989
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Do you want to give it a look in the meantime ?

Translations
Ok, looking for translators for french and spanish. I can read both but I'm not sure about syntax in writing.
So if you're interested, drop me a line here, the resources file aren't big at all

Hi again,
I'm striving to pass the next update through certification, however it seems (as reported by some) that certification parameters have become more tight recently and they won't let you pass the small things as before.
This is maybe good, but that also means that it might take a while to 'fix' the application, especially in the most complex parts, i.e. it's not that the updates aren't coming, it's just that it needs some polishing.
As mentioned, next update includes webcams, the one after that 'could' include live-tiles, if there isn't any other important weather data to include in the application.

Victory ! Certification passed in record time this once !
That's weird, it took only one day...
First post updated as soon as I'm home

Really nice app. Are you going to release also a paid version ad free?